Rustyrodknocker
Senior Member
As I sit here waiting for my new tires to be mounted on the wheels I dropped off 9 hours ago. I started to ponder some things. I also dropped an old tire for my nephews pickup to get a flat repair.
The tire is over ten years old so they will not touch it. Even after I told them its for a field truck.
My nephew is only 15 and does not even have as permit yet due to covid.
So he only drives in the pasture and picked up a nail or something.
Anyhow. Antique car guys buy antique tires and actually run them I was thinking and they pay more than what new tires cost to do so.
I have a set of new tires that don't have one mile on them as of yet and they were $250 a piece back then. I dont know if ill ever run those ones because they are on a truck I just don't drive.
Now I did have an experience with some basically nos tires I bought several years ago in that before they wore out they all grew a blister in the tread from delamination.
Regardless, there was a time when I never thought about how old a tire was and we ran old tires all the time without issue.
Are modern tires more susceptible to to decay?
It does seem like they weather check and crack way worse. I have 15 year old tires that are all cracked all over but I have 40 year old tires that are not.
I can remember 10 or 15 years ago when my father inlaw was racing he would say I go a 100 miles an hour on 20 year old tires every weekend.
They probably had 100's of passes but only a 100 miles on them so he just ran them!
Anyhow what are the experiences and opinions on what is too old? or what has changed, if anything?
I just dont think if I had a car that I put a 1000 miles or less a year on that I would even think about new tires.
The tire is over ten years old so they will not touch it. Even after I told them its for a field truck.
My nephew is only 15 and does not even have as permit yet due to covid.
So he only drives in the pasture and picked up a nail or something.
Anyhow. Antique car guys buy antique tires and actually run them I was thinking and they pay more than what new tires cost to do so.
I have a set of new tires that don't have one mile on them as of yet and they were $250 a piece back then. I dont know if ill ever run those ones because they are on a truck I just don't drive.
Now I did have an experience with some basically nos tires I bought several years ago in that before they wore out they all grew a blister in the tread from delamination.
Regardless, there was a time when I never thought about how old a tire was and we ran old tires all the time without issue.
Are modern tires more susceptible to to decay?
It does seem like they weather check and crack way worse. I have 15 year old tires that are all cracked all over but I have 40 year old tires that are not.
I can remember 10 or 15 years ago when my father inlaw was racing he would say I go a 100 miles an hour on 20 year old tires every weekend.
They probably had 100's of passes but only a 100 miles on them so he just ran them!
Anyhow what are the experiences and opinions on what is too old? or what has changed, if anything?
I just dont think if I had a car that I put a 1000 miles or less a year on that I would even think about new tires.